With this race quickly approaching, I have started this Post.
John
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With this race quickly approaching, I have started this Post. John A big F & K RC type Happy Birthday to our fantastic webmaster Claudia! May your day be filled with wondrous things and, of course, birthday cake! I’ll leave the singing to Jody! Fleckney & Kibworth Running had an outstanding crop of results from junior to veteran level on a busy Bank Holiday Monday at opposite sides of the county.At Oaks in Charnwood a very tough 6.5 mile circuit including an ascent of Ives Head one of the highest points of Charnwood Forest saw Adam Taylor record his best result yet in taking second place in 47:07 and this despite being sent the wrong way in the first mile! At the end he was twenty seconds down on the winner and closing rapidly. This marks yet another step up for Adam who is quickly becoming one of the counties most accomplished athletes over the Fells and the most demanding cross country courses where his strength in ascent and descent come into play. Also getting a very good outing after recent injury issues was Terry Challoner who returned 55:42 for 26th place, full details of the results can be found on this link:-
Meanwhile back over in the local area the club was carrying all before them in The Arnesby May Fayre Cross Country Races. In the senior race pride of place went to Stacey Voss who won in 31:05 ahead of Graeme Slight of Huncote and Rob Gregory of The Owls. Dave Wheeler retained his Vet 50 crown in 7th place overall with 33:23. Claire Beach took third place in the ladies race with 36:05, this was won in a new ladies record time of 33:08 by Sam Winters of The Owls, who was 5th overall, followed by Laura Davison of West End.
In the senior race it was good to see debuts by Henry Trier (3rd for the club), Anthony Grimmit and Alex Prettyman, whilst stalwart runners Lucie Butwell, Aileen Collins and Jon Stone were also out to lend support.
In the junior races over an equally demanding 1.5 miles replete with stiles and mixed terrain Fleckney & Kibworth performed the proverbial clean sweep. The girls race was won in 21:30 by Charlotte Mathers only four seconds ahead of Frances Blackburn 2nd in 21:34 and Clarisse Bale, who hurt her ankle in the course of the race, 3rd in 21:41.
In the boys race Fleckney & Kibworth were equally dominent with Luke Mathers completing a family double to match sister Charlotte’s victory taking 1st place in 16:30 the second fastest time in the history of the junior race notwithstanding taking a wrong turning! Second was Oscar Trier in 16:37 and third Bryn Willams in 16:53. Jack Williams was the second junior to aggrivate an injury during the race but nevertheless battled on to secure fourth place. In close attendance and making it a red letter day for the junior section were Ben Watson and Oliver Freer.
The runners efforts were complimented by a hard working team who ran the Fleckney & Kibworth stall near the start area. Anna Willsdon, Jody Ward and Andy Bailey did a first class job of selling old and new kit, raffle tickets and a spot of recruiting using a scrapbook and photos of the club’s major achievements over the past two seasons to complete a highly successful day for the club”
Many congratulations to Noel who at his debut at the distance set a new club record for the Marathon with a chip time of 3:00:06 in Prague on Sunday 10 May. During the course of the race he shattered his PB’s for 10 miles and The Half Marathon. He was 17th Vet 40, 5th Brit and 1st V40 Brit. I would like to point out that he would have gone inside 3 hours if he had not slowed and tried his best to help Steve along who very sadly got a bad dose of dehydration and was forced by the marshals to pull out at 22 miles when both of them were on course for Sub 3. Steve is now well recovered and is already plotting his next assault, Andy Bailey made it three F & K runners in the Czech capital, i have a provisional time of 5:14 but this might come down when we get the chip time. Fleckney & Kibworth are proud of all three of you I would just like to remind all members that The Leicester Running Shop is the only specialist outlet for runners that is recommended by the club. Here against the quiet backdrop of Clarendon Park Road with its free parking, ok you might have to scout around for a couple of minutes to locate a space! you can receive friendly and thorough advice from a noted local athlete who will have your best interests at heart.
Please continue to support this worthy enterprise and don’t forget to mention that you are an F & K member when you drop in
![]() Snowden Training Weekend 17/19 April What a great performance by our girls today!
They finished 17th out of 42 teams, were only in Leicestershire to the winners Charnwood and the total time of 2 hours 7 minutes 16 seconds
The roll of is honour
![]() Leg 1 Kate Dorrmer 20:05
Leg 2 Lorna Waters 20:57
Leg 3 Tina McDonagh 22:23
Leg 4 Bernie Owen 22:22
Leg 5 Clare Beach 21:09
Leg 6 Rachael Campbell 20:13
Great work girls
Also i huge thanks to our supporters today, ace photographer and chief cheer leader Jody, Ian, Karl and Adam who managed to pick out all the girls not once but twice every lap (Special thanks for Ian for the use of the tent and calor gas!) Also to various parents, children, nieces who came along to lend their support too.
A great day out, so enjoyable and please let’s get a men’s and Vet Men’s team out next year!!
A Very Proud Coach!
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